Communitas [electronic resource] : The Anthropology of Collective Joy /
Turner, E.author.
Communitas is inspired fellowship; a group's pleasure in sharing common experiences; being 'in the zone' - as in music, sport, and work; the sense felt by a group when their life together takes on full meaning. The experience of communitas, almost beyond strict definition and with almost endless variations, often appears unexpectedly.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Chapter 1. Contrasts: Communitas and False Communitas -- Chapter 2. Festivals: July 4th, Carnival, and Clown -- Chapter 3. Music and Sport: Being in the Zone -- Chapter 4. The Communitas of Work: Surprising Conclusions -- Chapter 5. The Communitas of Disaster -- Chapter 6. The Sacredness of the People: The Communitas of Revolution and Liberation -- Chapter 7. The Communitas of Nonviolence -- Chapter 8. The Communitas of Nature -- Chapter 9. Rites of Passage: Communitas in Times of Change --
Chapter 10. Alignment: Turn the Key and the Door Opens --Conclusion.
Communitas is inspired fellowship; a group's pleasure in sharing common experiences; being 'in the zone' - as in music, sport, and work; the sense felt by a group when their life together takes on full meaning. The experience of communitas, almost beyond strict definition and with almost endless variations, often appears unexpectedly.
Religion—Philosophy.
Religion and sociology.
Ethnology.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Cultural studies.
Philosophy of Religion.
Sociology of Religion.
Social Anthropology.
Cultural Anthropology.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Cultural Studies.